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Incredible graphics improvements in v0.96.4047

May 19, 2012 3:02:04 PM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums

So I was bored this morning and I started playing a game I'd been playing for awhile where I had all my fleet points maxed (2000+) and all my ships in one huge fleet. I was zooming in and out a lot and found it went a lot smoother, and by a lot I mean like it was as smooth as at the beginning of the game when I only had one capitol ship and three frigates. Even when in a huge battle with another fleet that was huge, the game ran really smoothly. The directional arrows and all lines are smoother and smaller and the game looks waaaaaaaay better and even more.. professional, I don't know, it just looks really good. Everyone should go check it out.

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Reply #1 May 19, 2012 3:34:51 PM
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What details, what resolutions, AA and AF settings? Your GPU?

The game looks really good, but in huge battle is nothing like smooth for me, when i turn everything on highest, it even keeps crashing.

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Reply #2 May 19, 2012 3:37:19 PM
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Quoting Timmaigh,
reply 1
What details, what resolutions, AA and AF settings? Your GPU?

The game looks really good, but in huge battle is nothing like smooth for me, when everything i turn everything on highest, it even keeps crashing.

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Reply #3 May 19, 2012 4:49:29 PM
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For me, I could only play on lowest settings on v0.90. Now, on the same size map (6 people), I can do Medium ships/buildings, Medium effects, and medium planets . I don't know why, but I'm liking it.

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Reply #4 May 19, 2012 4:53:31 PM
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Ship Detail - Highest

Ship Extras - Highest

Ship Bump - High

Building Detail - High

Building Extras - High

Building Bump - High

Planet Detail - Highest

Camera Shake - No

Debris - No

(every other checkbox - yes)

1366x768

Anti-Aliasing - 2 Samples

Texture Filtering - 2xAnisotropic

Shadow - Medium

GeforceGTX 540M with an i7 2720QM @ 2.20 GHz and 6 gb ram

 

So it's not like I have everything down low, but not at the best it can be.

 

I was playing on the Hyperton's Gates map too, so about 70 or 80 planets and 3 stars with all the AI's enabled.

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Reply #5 May 19, 2012 5:50:30 PM
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Quoting sulley1,
reply 4
Ship Detail - Highest

Ship Extras - Highest

Ship Bump - High

Building Detail - High

Building Extras - High

Building Bump - High

Planet Detail - Highest

Camera Shake - No

Debris - No

(every other checkbox - yes)

1366x768

Anti-Aliasing - 2 Samples

Texture Filtering - 2xAnisotropic

Shadow - Medium

GeforceGTX 540M with an i7 2720QM @ 2.20 GHz and 6 gb ram

 

So it's not like I have everything down low, but not at the best it can be.

 

I was playing on the Hyperton's Gates map too, so about 70 or 80 planets and 3 stars with all the AI's enabled.

 

Thanks for info. And was it smooth for you even during big battles?  

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Reply #6 May 19, 2012 8:26:44 PM
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Yeah, it was. Here's the video, might not be ready for awhile, but it's pretty smooth.

 

EDIT: Well that link isn't working. I'll repost. There we go.

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Reply #7 May 19, 2012 10:08:01 PM
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De acuerdo!

lo veo mas fluido que la anterior version

i7 2630 8gb memoria gt540m 2gb

1920-1080

 planeta: maximo

 nave: maximo , alto, alto

 estructura. maximo, alto, alto

mostrar orbitas : apagado (porque me gusta jugar asi)

 árbol: apagado (porque me gusta jugar asi)

antialiasing: 2x sombras: alto

solo no probé con el filtro anisotropico porque prefiero esperar a la version final.

(casi todo predeterminado)

I agree!
I see it more fluid than the previous version
I7 2630
8 gb memory
gt540m 2 gb
1920-1080
Planet: maximo
ship: maximum, high, high
structure. maximum, high, high
show orbs: off (because I like play so)
tree: off (because I like play so)
antialiasing: 2 x
shadows: high
I tried just not with the anisotropico filter because I prefer to wait for the final version.
(almost all default)
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Reply #8 May 19, 2012 10:23:56 PM
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Quoting sulley1,
reply 4
Ship Detail - Highest

Ship Extras - Highest

Ship Bump - High

Building Detail - High

Building Extras - High

Building Bump - High

Planet Detail - Highest

Camera Shake - No

Debris - No

(every other checkbox - yes)

1366x768

Anti-Aliasing - 2 Samples

Texture Filtering - 2xAnisotropic

Shadow - Medium

GeforceGTX 540M with an i7 2720QM @ 2.20 GHz and 6 gb ram

 

So it's not like I have everything down low, but not at the best it can be.

 

I was playing on the Hyperton's Gates map too, so about 70 or 80 planets and 3 stars with all the AI's enabled.

gtx540m ? (no existe) gtx560m,570m,580m.

 o gt540m

gtx540m? (does not exist) gtx560m, 570 m, 580 m.
or gt540m
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Reply #9 May 19, 2012 10:44:07 PM
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im running the game on.

AMD Athlon2 Tricore 3hz, 4GB DDR3 Ram, 320gb HDD 7200rpm, GTS 250 1GB 256-bit gpu

i play on 32" HDTV running at 1360x768. everything on max and i hardly ever see shutter or lag ( unless MP but thats diff )

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Reply #10 May 20, 2012 9:15:47 AM
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Quoting sulley1,
reply 6
Yeah, it was. Here's the video, might not be ready for awhile, but it's pretty smooth.

 

EDIT: Well that link isn't working. I'll repost. There we go.

 

Nice video. Bit misleading though, you played for Loyalists, not Rebels  

Anyway, it really seems to be smoother then in my case, granted i play on higher res and with debris on, but at the same time,  i have a far better videocard. Hm... perhaps i need to look at the GPU drivers, i dont have the totally latest version.

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Reply #11 May 20, 2012 11:24:37 AM
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Ship Detail - Highest

Ship Extras - Highest

Ship Bump - Highest

Building Detail - Highest

Building Extras - Highest

Building Bump - Highest

Planet Detail - Highest

Use colored skyboxes - No

(every other checkbox - yes)

1920x1080

Anti-Aliasing - 8 Samples

Texture Filtering - 16xAnisotropic

Shadow - high

GeforceGTX 560 ti with an i7 2600k and 8 gb ram

No graphics improve detected since v90

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Reply #12 May 20, 2012 11:40:25 AM
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Quoting _Burner_,
reply 11
Ship Detail - Highest

Ship Extras - Highest

Ship Bump - Highest

Building Detail - Highest

Building Extras - Highest

Building Bump - Highest

Planet Detail - Highest

Use colored skyboxes - No

(every other checkbox - yes)

1920x1080

Anti-Aliasing - 8 Samples

Texture Filtering - 16xAnisotropic

Shadow - high

GeforceGTX 560 ti with an i7 2600k and 8 gb ram

No graphics improve detected since v90

 

and the performance? totally smooth during massive battles or visibly choppy with occasional crash? 

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Reply #13 May 20, 2012 12:53:21 PM
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When I play in single player perfect but in LAN the performance downs a bit, (appearing some temporal delays). Obviusly with lagging if other computer is "modest". I usually play whit other 3 people.

During massive battles Is awesome (more than trinity)

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Reply #14 May 20, 2012 1:03:48 PM
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Quoting _Burner_,
reply 13
When I play in single player perfect but in LAN the performance downs a bit, (appearing some temporal delays). Obviusly with lagging if other computer is "modest". I usually play whit other 3 people.

During massive battles Is awesome (more than trinity)

 

Thanks, the lag in LAN is understandable and irrelevant to me for comparison, as so far i played the game as single only.

But something is definitely wrong on my side. 

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Reply #15 May 20, 2012 1:04:38 PM
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Tip: press "i" during game.

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Reply #16 May 20, 2012 1:17:27 PM
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Quoting Mecha-Lenin,
reply 15
Tip: press "i" during game.

what does that do? 

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Reply #17 May 20, 2012 1:31:54 PM
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Stacks your empire tree icons.

 

 

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Reply #18 May 20, 2012 1:59:15 PM
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Quoting noseforget,
reply 8

Quoting sulley1, reply 4Ship Detail - Highest

Ship Extras - Highest

Ship Bump - High

Building Detail - High

Building Extras - High

Building Bump - High

Planet Detail - Highest

Camera Shake - No

Debris - No

(every other checkbox - yes)

1366x768

Anti-Aliasing - 2 Samples

Texture Filtering - 2xAnisotropic

Shadow - Medium

GeforceGTX 540M with an i7 2720QM @ 2.20 GHz and 6 gb ram

 

So it's not like I have everything down low, but not at the best it can be.

 

I was playing on the Hyperton's Gates map too, so about 70 or 80 planets and 3 stars with all the AI's enabled.

gtx540m ? (no existe) gtx560m,570m,580m.

 o gt540m

gtx540m? (does not exist) gtx560m, 570 m, 580 m.
or gt540m

Actually it does. It's for a laptop. Dell XPS15.

Quoting Timmaigh,
reply 10

Quoting sulley1, reply 6Yeah, it was. Here's the video, might not be ready for awhile, but it's pretty smooth.

 

EDIT: Well that link isn't working. I'll repost. There we go.

 

Nice video. Bit misleading though, you played for Loyalists, not Rebels  

Anyway, it really seems to be smoother then in my case, granted i play on higher res and with debris on, but at the same time,  i have a far better videocard. Hm... perhaps i need to look at the GPU drivers, i dont have the totally latest version.

Haha whoops! I realized this when I went to start a new game and they were different.

Quoting -Ue_Carbon,
reply 17
Stacks your empire tree icons.

 

Nice, I always wanted that stuff out of the way quick. Thanks!

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Reply #19 May 20, 2012 2:06:35 PM
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Quoting sulley1,
reply 18
Nice, I always wanted that stuff out of the way quick. Thanks!

You can set the options to leave most unpinned as well. Helps a lot.

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Reply #20 May 20, 2012 3:05:03 PM
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So i updated graphics drivers, but now i need to start a new game, to try it out during some massive battles (deleted all my saves from previous game, but the last one, with AIs already defeated).

On another note, i have to say, if the devs wanted to advert their graphics improvement, they should have done it by showing Kostura cannon. 

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Reply #21 May 20, 2012 3:19:39 PM
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Running the game with everything at Highest, 16x AF, no AA (don't really need it to be honest) at 1920x1200.

Seems silky smooth sofar (haven't played that long yet, D3 got in the way ).

Also, the fidelity of the graphical effect is much much better than it was in the previous beta.

There's source lighting from missiles/bolts and everything, I really like the new effects a lot.

The new Vasari capital ship and Titan look rather spiffy as well. 

 

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